New Zealand has seen one of the ... We are the king makers, we are the sovereign people of this land and the world is watching us here.' The Maori Queen - a symbolic leader who is the chief ...
Te reo Maori existed in Aotearoa (the Maori name for New Zealand) before Pakeh (European ... and unfair experiences that the tangata whenua (people of the land) have experienced over centuries.
While Indigenous people in many Commonwealth nations ... could undermine their Treaty of Waitangi rights. Maori fear that New Zealand becoming a republic could undermine the protections and ...